Spool holder for sewing machines



H- A. MEISSEL.

SPOOL HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1921.

Patented July 18, 1922.

our series earnt ELENRY A. MEISSEL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB TO KAHIFT TAILOBING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 013 INDIANA.

SPOOL HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1922,

Application filed June 2,1921. SeriaI No. 474,546.

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Be it known that I, HENRY A. ldnrssnn. a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Spool Holder for Sewingh lachines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient and efficient device by means of which one or more spools of thread may be held in position upon a sewing machine in such manner that the thread may be delivered to the needle without a possibility of becoming caught and improperly restrained; and in such manner that the spools may not be improperly removed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved. device inplace upon a sewing machine; Fig. 2 an end elevation of my improved holder and Fig. 3 a perspective showing the parts in position to receive a supply of spools. t

In the drawings, 10 indicates the main bar of the frame provided upon its lower side with a saddle 11 formed to straddle a hori- Zontal portion of the head 12 of a sewing machine in such manner as to hold the bar 10 substantially horizontal but at an angle to head 12. At its ends, bar 10 is provided with upright fingers'13, 13 to which are pivoted the depending arms of inverted ilframe 14;, the horizontal portion of which carries a plurality of depending pins 15 of such diameter as to enter the bore of spools 16 and of a length somewhat less than the distance between bar 10 and the horizontal member of U-14L. Member 14, in the particular embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, is provided at each end with upright fingers 17, 17 to which are pivoted the depending arms of the second U-frame 18, the horizontal member of which is similarly provided with a series of spool receiving pins 19 like pins 15, said pins being of less length than the distance between the horizontal members of Us 14 and 18. The frame 18 has one of its arms extended, as indicated at 20 so as to project down along side frame 14; and the outer end of bar 10, being perforated at its lower end 21 so as to register with a similar perforation 22 in bar 10, for the reception of a padlock23 so that the spools may be locked against removal.

It will benoted that by this arrangement each spool rests upon an unobstructed surface and, because the device as a whole is set above the machine head and the threads thus lead from the spools downwardly to the needle bar of the machine, there is no possibility, as result of over-spinning of a spool, of a thread becoming wrapped around the spool holding pin, as is the case in devices of this general character which have hereto fore been produced where the spool supporting pin passes into the spool upwardly.

I claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewingmachines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper surface, and a movable bar associated with said in ain bar and provided with a relatively fixed spool pin, the end of which when in operating position is spaced from the spool supporting surface of the main bar and which is disposed perpendicularlythereto, said. secondary bar being movable relatively to the main bar to position the spool pin sub stantially at right angles thereto and into spool receiving position,

2. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper surface. and spool pin supporting bar provided with a relatively fixed depending spool pin and hingedly connected to said main bar to support the spool pin in retaining position perpendicular to the main bar and with its end spaced from the main tively fixed spool pin, the end of which when in operating position is spaced from the spool supporting surface of the main bar and which is disposed perpendicularly thereto, said secondary bar being movable relatively to the main bar to position the spool pin substantially at right angles thereto and into spool receiving position, and means for locking the pin-holding bar in spool-holding position.

4. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper surface, and a spool pin supporting bar provided with a relatively fixed depending spool pin and hingedly connected to said main bar, to support the spool pin in retaining position perpendicular to the main bar and with its end spaced from the main bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter and movable to move the spool pin in a position substantially at right angles to the main bar and into a spool receiving position, and means for locking the pin-holding bar in spool-holding position.

5. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper surface, a plurality of pin supporting bars arranged one above the other and mounted on said main bar, the pin supporting bar adjacent the main bar being pro vided with a depending spool pin supported substantially perpendicularly with respect to the main bar when in spool holding position and with its lower end spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said pin supporting bar forming a spool supporting bar for cooperation with the bar next above it and said second. pin supporting bar being provided with a depending spool pin supported perpendicular to its adjacent bar in spool holding position and with its lower end spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar by a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said pin supporting bars being hinged to permit the spool pins to be moved to a position substantially at right angles to their respective spool supporting bars and into a spool receiving position.

6. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper surface, a plurality of pin supporting bars arranged one above the other and mounted on said main bar, the pin supporting bar adjacent the main bar being provided with a depending spool pin supported substantially perpendicularlywith respect to the main bar when in spool holding posi tion and with its lower end spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said.

pin supporting bar forming. aspool supportmg bar for cooperation with the bar next above it and said second pin supporting bar being provided with a depending spool pin supported perpendicular to its adjacent bar in. spool holding position and with its lower end spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar by a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said pin supporting bars being hinged to permit the spool pins to be moved to a position substantially at. right angles to their respective spool supporting bars and into a spool receiving position, and means for locking said pin supporting bars in spool holding position.

7. As an "article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper face, and an inverted U-frame carried by said bar and provided with a relatively fixed depending spool pin, the lower end of which is spaced from the spool. supporting surface of the bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said frame being hinged to the bar to permit the spool pin to be swung to a position at. an angle with respect to the bar to receive the spool and to a position perpendicular to the bar to maintain the spool in position. i

8. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper face, and-an inverted U-frame carried by said bar and provided with a relatively fixed depending spool pin, the lower end of which is spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said frame being hinged to the bar to permit the spool pin to be swung to a position at an angle with respect to the bar to receive the spool and to a position perpendicular to the bar to maintain the spool in position, and means for locking said frame with the spool pin in its perpendicular position.

9. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted tobe secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper face, an inverted U-framje carried by said. bar and provided with a depending spool pin, the lower end of which is spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar by a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said frame being hinged to the bar to permit the spool pin to be swung to a posi tion substantially at right angles to the bar to receive the spool and be held perpendicularly to the bar to hold the spool in position, a second inverted U-frame carrying a depending spool pin and arranged so as to be positioned with its spool pin above the first U-fraine and spaced therefrom a dis tance greater than the thread diameter, said second U-frame being hinged to the first U-frame to permit its pin to be moved to a position substantially at right angles to the first U-frame for the reception of a spool and perpendicularly thereto for holding the spool in position.

10. As an article of manufacture, a spool holder for sewing machines comprising a main bar adapted to be secured to a sewing machine and presenting an unobstructed upper face, an inverted U-frame carried by said bar and provided with a depending spool pin, the lower end of which is spaced from the spool supporting surface of the bar a distance exceeding the thread diameter, said frame being hinged to the bar topermit the spool pin to he swung to a position substantially at right. angles to the bar to receive the spool and be held perpendicularly to the bar to hold the spool in position, a second inverted U-frame carrying a depending spool pin and arranged so as to be positioned with its spool pin above the first iJ-frame and spaced therefrom a distance greater than the thread diameter, said. second U-irame being hinged to the first U-trame to permit its pin to be moved to a position substantially at right angles to the first U-frame for the reception of a spool and perpendicularly thereto "for holding the spool in position, and means for locking said U-frames with the spools in position.

In witness whereof, I HENRY A. Mnrssnr have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, lndiana, this twenty-seventh day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

HENRY A. MEISSEL. 

